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i dont think that this is very helpful info. i have a project and this is no help we need better info

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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pscarter/fwp.html

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In paragraph four of the body, we find this quote:

"Blakey (2005) estimates that at any one time the Indiana office had fewer than 150 men and women on the payroll."

The article does not discuss individual states' participation outside of this quote. So, the question is, what relevance does it hold to the topic? Anyone? Help would be greatly appreciated —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.132.129.225 (talk) 22:12, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ex-Slave Narratives[edit]

Another project that is probably worth mentioning in this article is the ex-Slave Narratives, something that was a part of the Federal Writers project. As the Slave Narratives article directs to this page, it would probably be worthwhile to add this topic.

Dear anonymous, I'm not sure when you wrote your comment but I just added about slave narratives and Grapes of Wrath and social context, a few minutes ago before turning to the discussion page and seeing your comments but there is now something about the slave narratives, with 3 links. --Harel (talk) 18:44, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My bad, i wrote that comment in 2008 i believe, after a talk/paper from a class on the topic. The additions are much appreciated, thanks. Dtheweather9 (talk) 00:42, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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How much was cut from the budget in 1939?[edit]

Sentence in the "Controversies" section says: "By 1939, HUAC's tactics seemed to work, and the newly elected Congress cut $150,000 million from WPA budget, while quadrupling HUAC's funding."

Presumably this is either $150,000 or $150 million? The source is offline, so I can't check.

CitLonLiv (talk) 10:54, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The DeMasi book (p213) seems to have provided that text: A newly elected, more conservative Congress cut $150,000 million from the WPA budget in early 1939, while at the same time quadrupling HUAC funding to continue its investigations.

In The WPA: Creating Jobs and Hope in the Great Depression (Opdycke, 2016), in the details of the 1939-1940 Emergency Relief bill, it says The WPA was allocated exactly what Roosevelt had requested--roughly $1.5 billion--which was about the same amount it had received in the previous year's initial budget. But as in 1937, the new bill specifically forbade the mid-year additions that in the past had greatly increased the agency's annual income.

On the other hand, The Great Depression (Burg, 2009) says Congress substantially cut the president's request for funding of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) programs. Obviously, DeMasi (referring to the budget the year before the 1939-1940 Emergency Relief Bill) is a misprint. I think we're safest to just say the budget was cut. I'll change it. Schazjmd (talk) 15:14, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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